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    Sports 4 Important Matches to Watch this Weekend

    It is down to the last game in La Liga as both Barcelona and Real Madrid go hunting for the three points that could make them league champions. In Kano, Pillars will be seeking to go top of the table while Pellegrini needs to deliver a gift to the incoming Pep Guardiola away in Wales. Here are...
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    Sports Emmanuel Eboue: Sunderland Defender Banned For One Year

    Sunderland defender Emmanuel Eboue has been banned from all football by Fifa for one year or until he pays money owed to a former agent. The former Arsenal full-back, who joined Sunderland on a free transfer on 9 March, was first ordered to pay the undisclosed amount in July 2013. Eboue was...
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    Sports Super Eagles Arrive Abuja Quietly

    Nigerian Super Eagles and officials returned from Cairo, Egypt early on Wednesday quietly looking so disappointed after falling 1-0 to the Pharaohs thereby failing to qualify for the 2017 Nations Cup in Gabon. According to New Telegraph, unlike in the past, no official was on ground to welcome...
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    Sports AFCON 2017 Qualifier: What Nigeria Can Do To Redeem Qualification

    Yesterday, the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after falling to a 1-0 defeat in Egypt in their Group G match on Tuesday. Earlier, the Chadians withdrew from the qualifiers due to lack of funds to prosecute their remaining games in the qualifications. This...
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    Sports Egypt’s Equaliser Against Nigeria ‘A Cheat’ - El-Rufai

    Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state, has said the Pharaohs of Egypt equaliser against the Super Eagles during the 2017 AFCON qualifier played at Ahmadu Bello Stadium on Friday was not in the spirit of fair-play. El-Rufai made the remark at a dinner he held in honour of the Super Eagles on...
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    Sports FIFA Ranking: Nigeria's Super Falcons Now in 37th Position In the World

    Nigeria's female football team, the Super Falcons still top female football in Africa but are ranked 37th in the world according to new Female football rankings released today by FIFA for the month of March. Cameroon , Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa are the 2nd,3rd, 4th and 5th best...
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    Sports Nigeria Professional Football League: See Results of Match Day 7 Fixtures

    Following are the results of Match Day 7 fixtures in the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday and Saturday: Ikorodu United FC 1-2 Giwa FC El-Kanemi Warriors FC 2-1 FC IfeanyiUbah Heartland FC 1-0 MFM FC Plateau United 2-1 Lobi Stars Rangers International...
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    Sports Europa League 2015/2016 Quarter-Final Fixtures

    See the Europa league 2015/2016 quarter final draws Borussia Dortmund v Liverpool Athletico Bilbao v Sevilla Villarreal v Sparta Prague Braga v Shakhtar Ties to be played on Thursday 7 April and Thursday 14 April
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    Sports AFCON 2017: Egypt Coach Names 23-Man Squad For Eagles Game [See List]

    The Head Coach of Egypt’s senior national team Hector Cuper has called up 23 players for the two-legged 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria. Nigeria’s Super Eagles will host the Pharaohs in the first leg in Kaduna on Friday, March 25 with the return leg billed to hold four...
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    Sports Fifa: Infantino Wins First Round But Voting Goes to Second Round in Tight Election

    Gianni Infantino caused a surprise by polling the most votes in round one of voting in Friday's election to succeed Sepp Blatter as Fifa president. The Uefa secretary general failed to get enough to seal outright victory, claiming 88 of the 207 votes available at an extraordinary congress in...
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    Sports NFF Replies Sunday Oliseh Over Resignation Letter

    The Nigeria Football Federation has responded to the sudden resignation of Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh. The spokesperson for the Federation, Ademola Olajire, described the development as ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’, saying with Oliseh’s departure, the country would have to immediately...
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    Sports Mikel Obi Set To Break Kanu’s Champions League Record

    John Mikel Obi could become the Nigerian with the highest number of appearances in the Champions League, if Chelsea go past the quarter-finals of the competition this season. The midfielder has 56 appearances so far, four matches behind Nwankwo Kanu, who has 60. Since moving to Stamford Bridge...
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    Sports Adam Johnson: Sunderland Sacks Star After Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Charge

    Sunderland Football Club have sacked winger Adam Johnson after he pleaded guilty to a one count charge of sexual activity with a child and another charge of grooming. The 28-year-old footballer was sacked hours after being dropped from Saturday’s match with Manchester United. Sportswear firm...
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    Sports FIFA Sacks Secretary General, Jerome Valcke with Immediate Effect

    Jérôme Valcke, the suspended secretary general of Fifa and Sepp Blatter’s long-time associate, has been sacked with immediate effect, theGuardian reports. Valcke has been suspended since 17 September, but a meeting of Fifa’s emergency committee has now decided to dismiss him from the...
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    Sports Buhari to host Eaglets, others January 21

    President Muhammadu Buhari will host the Golden Eaglets team that won a fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile and others on January 21 according to the the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung. The Eaglets defeated Mali 2-0 in the final of the U-17 World Cup in November last year. Successive...
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    Sports LIST of 6 Great Foreign Players Who Became Coaches

    Here are the list of great players in history who became coaches at different clubs after their football career. Plenty all-time greats on the field have tried their luck in the dugout, with varying degrees of success. AFP Sport takes a look at some of those who have made the transition...
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    Sports NFF's Head of Protocol, Ibrahim Abubakar Shot Dead

    Ibrahim Abubakar, the head of protocol for the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) was shot dead by armed robbers at his house in Abuja in the early hours of today. His death was announced by NFF offical Twitter handle some miutes ago Details later
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    Sports Real Madrid: Rafa Benitez Reportedly Sacked as Manager

    Mirror UK has reported that Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid. The former Liverpool and Chelsea boss has endured a tough season at the Bernabeu since taking over in June, and while he only finds his side four points off Atletico at the top of La Liga he has had fallouts...
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    Sports 6 Potential Candidates Likely To Replace Jose Mourinho As Chelsea Manager

    Jose Mourinho's arse indentations on the cushioned Chelsea bench haven't yet properly risen, and yet already talk is of who will replace him. Joe.co.uk looked at six potential candidates to shimmy into Jose's bum grooves... Carlo Ancelotti They say never go back, but would going back again...
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    Sports Nigeria's First Football Goalkeeper, Henshaw Ibiam Is Dead

    First Nigerian goalkeeper, Sam Henshaw Ibiam, fondly called ‘The Black Magnet’ or ‘The Cat’, who played as a goalkeeper for the pioneer Nigerian national football team, the Red Devils is dead, DailyPost reports. Ibiam passed away at the age of 90 on Wednesday. The real cause of his death is...
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